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Advanced Tools
File Shredder
The shredder is a utility for deleting sensitive data from your computer. This tool is useful for example, when you wish to sell the computer, and do not want any of your personal files to be available to the new owner.
Most users are satisfied with simply deleting the files from their computer, and this may be sufficient when selling the computer to a friend. However software utilities exist that can recover deleted files from a computer, and so it is wise to take further precautions to ensure that your files cannot be recovered.
Note:
The whole point of this tool is that it is not possible to recover the deleted files, so please remember that any files that you shred will not be recoverable. There is no "undo option" for shredding files!
Click on the main menu icon Tools, then select the Shredder tab. The left-hand side of the dialog displays a list of all files selected for shredding.
Operating Buttons
The Shredder tab opens with the following operating buttons available:
- Add: Opens a dialog where you can browse for files/folders to add to the list. Note that if you select a folder, then ALL contents of the folder will also be added to the list.
- Remove: Removes the selected files(s)/folder(s) from the list.
- Remove All: Removes all files(s)/folder(s) from the list.
Shredding Level
On the right-hand side of the dialog you can select the "shredding level". This defines the security level for the shredding process (how difficult it would be to try and recover the files). The options are:
- Fast Mode: The selected files will be over-written once, so that any ordinary undelete tool cannot recover them.
- Secure Mode: The selected files will be over-written four times, so that most advanced undelete tools cannot recover them.
- Paranoid Mode: The selected files will be over-written ten times, so that even professional undelete tools cannot recover them.
Deletion Confirmation
When you press the Start button, you will be prompted to confirm deletion. Once all selected files have been deleted, the following two buttons will be displayed:
- Save Report: Creates a report for the shredding action. The report will be accessible from the Reports dialog.
- Delete more files...: Returns to the Shredder dialog where you can shred more files.